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The European Equity Fund (EEA) Competitors

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EEA vs. IIF, MMT, MFM, TDF, BKT, MXF, TWN, TSI, AEF, and MVT

Should you be buying The European Equity Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The European Equity Fund include Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (IIF), MFS Multimarket Income Trust (MMT), MFS Municipal Income Trust (MFM), Templeton Dragon Fund (TDF), BlackRock Income Trust (BKT), The Mexico Fund (MXF), The Taiwan Fund (TWN), TCW Strategic Income Fund (TSI), Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund (AEF), and BlackRock MuniVest Fund II (MVT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

The European Equity Fund vs.

The European Equity Fund (NYSE:EEA) and Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (NYSE:IIF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund received 14 more outperform votes than The European Equity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.93% of users gave The European Equity Fund an outperform vote while only 64.39% of users gave Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
The European Equity FundOutperform Votes
71
68.93%
Underperform Votes
32
31.07%
Morgan Stanley India Investment FundOutperform Votes
85
64.39%
Underperform Votes
47
35.61%

51.9% of The European Equity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.0% of Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of The European Equity Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The European Equity Fund-$1.36M-48.34N/AN/AN/A
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund$63.07M4.05N/AN/AN/A

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The European Equity FundN/A N/A N/A
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund had 2 more articles in the media than The European Equity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund and 1 mentions for The European Equity Fund. Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat The European Equity Fund's score of -2.00 indicating that Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
The European Equity Fund Very Negative
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund Neutral

The European Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%.

The European Equity Fund has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund beats The European Equity Fund on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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EEA vs. The Competition

MetricThe European Equity FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$65.83M$6.89B$11.50B$19.26B
Dividend Yield1.80%6.80%5.47%3.85%
P/E RatioN/A3.5722.2534.42
Price / Sales-48.3421.8527.4134.83
Price / CashN/A7.5117.6217.51
Price / BookN/A0.892.764.69
Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.98%-0.89%-1.36%-2.38%
1 Month Performance5.19%1.86%3.50%4.34%
1 Year Performance6.91%0.69%535.21%4.87%

The European Equity Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EEA
The European Equity Fund
N/A$9.83
-1.0%
N/A+7.8%$65.83M$-1,361,665.000.0014,000Negative News
Dividend Cut
High Trading Volume
IIF
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund
N/A$27.02
+0.9%
N/A+9.7%$258.45M$63.07M0.00N/A
MMT
MFS Multimarket Income Trust
N/A$4.60
flat
N/A-0.6%$254.39M$45.79M0.00N/A
MFM
MFS Municipal Income Trust
N/A$5.17
-0.6%
N/A-1.9%$253.46M$46.87M0.00281News Coverage
Positive News
TDF
Templeton Dragon Fund
N/A$9.65
flat
N/A+16.4%$244.66M$27.67M0.00147,000Positive News
BKT
BlackRock Income Trust
N/A$11.48
-0.7%
N/A-1.9%$244.62M$3.59M0.00N/A
MXF
The Mexico Fund
N/A$16.52
+1.6%
N/A-9.4%$241.85M$-5,770,281.000.00N/APositive News
TWN
The Taiwan Fund
N/A$36.84
-0.3%
N/A-8.2%$235.52M$28.45M0.00N/APositive News
TSI
TCW Strategic Income Fund
N/A$4.91
-0.2%
N/A+5.2%$234.62M$18.16M0.00N/APositive News
AEF
Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund
N/A$5.48
+0.4%
N/A+3.2%$221.68M$20.73M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
MVT
BlackRock MuniVest Fund II
N/A$10.29
-0.3%
N/A-5.0%$218.56M$4.73M0.00N/APositive News

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